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DocuSign Envelope ID: ECE511A0- 1745 - 4353- 8DDA- 483D182AA9FD <br />The ArtsCenter <br />Arts In Education Focus School Program <br />2014 -2015 Arts Program Grant — Fall <br />Orange County Arts Commission <br />Application Narrative ( #5) <br />Proposed Uses of Grant Funds <br />As part of The ArtsCenter's Arts in Education focus school program, all students in <br />Orange County Schools' three Title 1 elementary schools will participate in curriculum <br />integrated Artist Residencies in the 2014 -2015 school year, and teachers will take part <br />in professional development workshops at their schools. Through this program, more <br />than 1,400 underserved children will get to work with professional teaching artists in <br />their classrooms. The focus school program began in 2008 and was designed to <br />provide arts experiences to underserved youth in area Title 1 schools. Through a <br />partnership with Orange County Schools, The ArtsCenter worked with Central <br />Elementary from 2008 -2009 to 2012 -2013. Due to the success of the program, Orange <br />County Schools asked that the program be expanded to include all three Title 1 <br />elementary schools in the district (New Hope Elementary, Efland- Cheeks Elementary <br />and Central Elementary in the 2013 -2014 school year, and this expansion has <br />continued into the 2014 -2015 school year. <br />New Hope Elementary, located in Hillsborough, has 58% free /reduced lunch and the <br />highest English Language Learner population in the district. In January of 2015, <br />teaching artist Virginia Danford will conduct an Artist Residency with the 5t" grade <br />classes at New Hope Elementary School. <br />The following is a demographic breakdown of New Hope Elementary School: <br />School <br />Americ <br />Asi <br />Hispa <br />Blac <br />Whit <br />Multi <br />Male <br />Femal <br />Tot <br />an <br />an <br />nic <br />k <br />e <br />- <br />e <br />al <br />Indian <br />racia <br />I <br />New <br />Hope <br />2 <br />3 <br />269 <br />50 <br />283 <br />16 <br />321 <br />302 <br />623 <br />Element <br />ary <br />The ArtsCenter's Artist Residency consists of five days of workshops. Every grade level <br />from the Title 1 schools is invited to register for a field trip to a School Show at The <br />ArtsCenter, at which time they indicate the art form and curriculum focus they would like <br />addressed during their Artist Residency. All School Shows connect to specific elements <br />of the curriculum, and The ArtsCenter's Artist Residency Program allows students to <br />study this related curriculum, which is correlated directly with the North Carolina <br />Common Core and Essential Standards, with professional teaching artists in their <br />classrooms. The Teaching Artist is paired with the grade level based on classroom <br />teachers' choice of art form, and plans a residency that will weave together elements of <br />the School Show, curriculum and art form, while preparing students to see the School <br />